by Richard Dunn | Aug 29, 2023 | Japanese
The Japanese air raid on Calcutta, India on December 5, 1943, while perhaps not of immense importance compared to many other events of World War Two, provides interesting perspective on the forces and tactics of the combatants in southeast Asia during the war. In the...
by Richard Dunn | Jun 21, 2023 | Japanese
This article constitutes a preliminary effort to relate the victory claims of Chief Petty Officer Takao Okumura on 14 September 1943 to Allied activities and actual losses. Okumura’s ten victories in a single day are believed to constitute the highest one day claim of...
by Richard Dunn | Jun 19, 2023 | Allied Forces
Backwater to FrontlineYap Island was a Backwater of the Pacific War save for a brief period when it became the center of opposition to the bombers of the recently formed Far East Air Force (FEAF) of the United States Army Air Force. On June 15th, 1944 the 5th and 13th...
by Richard Dunn | Jun 19, 2023 | Uncategorized
Airfield ConstructionThe Japanese occupied Wakde Island in April 1942 after their successful campaign in the Netherlands East Indies. The Allies first noted an airfield being developed there in February 1943. By June a coral landing strip 5400 feet long and coral...
by Richard Dunn | Jun 19, 2023 | Uncategorized
American Air Activity March 5, 1944 According to a mission summary in an intel report the 3 P-47s were over Wewak at 1715L (means L time zone not “local”). They encountered 3 NELLS, 8 TONYS and 4 OSCARS. They shot down 3 NELLS and only one OSCAR engaged...
